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Shaun Wright-Phillips

ショーン・ライト＝フィリップス　/　しょーん・らいと＝ふぃりっぷす

Association football player from United Kingdom

October 25, 1981 (age 44)　・　Greenwich, United Kingdom

association football player

My Take

Shaun Wright-Phillips is, to me, the patron saint of undersized overachievers. At 168 centimeters he had no business surviving the physical grind of the Premier League, yet he carved out years at Manchester City, Chelsea and QPR, and earned England caps along the way. What I admire most is the joy in his game — even late in his career, crossing the Atlantic for the Red Bulls and Phoenix Rising, he looked like a man who simply loved running at defenders. Careers like his remind me that pace and bravery, applied relentlessly, can outweigh every measurement scouts obsess over. I rate him higher than any trophy count suggests.

Overview

Shaun Cameron Wright-Phillips (born 25 October 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He played in the Premier League and Football League for Manchester City, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers, in Major League Soccer for the New York Red Bulls, in the United Soccer League for the New York Red Bulls II and Phoenix Rising FC, and at senior international level for the England national t…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Shaun Wright-Phillips
Name (Japanese): ショーン・ライト＝フィリップス
Reading: しょーん・らいと＝ふぃりっぷす
Born: October 25, 1981 (age 44)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Rooster
Origin: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 168 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Haberdashers' Hatcham College

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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